-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 10:44:02AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Sorry Len for the off-list post. Wrong 'to', no excuses. > Doug. > > On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 10:11:19AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 07:14:01PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Are there other issues in choosing ext3 vs jfs? > > > > You might be able to install to JFS, but I am fairly sure you can't boot > > from JFS, so using JFS for / (I still don't see the point of a fancy > > filesystem for an almost static small filesystem) requires using a > > seperate /boot with ext2 or ext3 anyhow. Why not just have ext3 on / > > and use JFS if you feel like it for the other volumes? > > > > Yes you can boot directly to JFS, have done it for a while now. Rock > solid, even full filesystem checks are quite fast (which I think was one > of the design criteria) and since I live in the country with no UPS, > power-failure reslilience is an issue (I know, not only should I buy two > disks, but a UPS as well). > > JFS is also faster (very noticible on a 486, I'm sure less so on an > Athlon). i personaly use xfs...though for /boot (/ is on lvm), i use ext3... (historically grub couldn't read xfs and why change...) besides, i can mount /boot with journal=data (and most of the time ro) (performance does not count for /boot i think)
so a fs corruption for /boot is unlikly yours albert - -- Albert Dengg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFL6jVhrtSwvbWj0kRAqVTAJ0cgNZIDJAWkD29mdULhZIqCajAawCfcoBr KBd4jOeUvwLMNiz8uxWHDEM= =8NjF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
